Home / Music / Merzbow is Masami Akita, one of the most prolific figures in noise musicMusic linernotes album music merzbowMerzbow is Masami Akita, one of the most prolific figures in noise musicMerzbow is the primary noise project of Japanese artist Masami Akita, one of the most prolific and influential figures in the harsh noise genre since the early 1980s. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesMerzbow's Colour is harsh noise at its most immersiveMerzbow's Pulse Demon: 8 tracks, 73 minutes of noise anchored by a 25-minute epicMerzbow's Pulse Demon: Pitchfork gave it an 8.7, AllMusic gave it 2.5 stars.Merzbow's Pulse Demon was assembled from live musique concrète with zero overdubsMerzbow's Pulse Demon has been reissued three times since 2018ExploreJeff Buckley played multiple instruments on the Grace sessions besides guitar and vocals.Bobby Hutcherson played vibraphone on Joe Henderson's The Kicker.The John Coltrane Quartet recorded My Favorite Things.George Davis, Deacon John, and Alvin 'Red' Tyler all played on Ann Peebles' Tell It Like It Is.McCoy Tyner's The Real McCoy paired him with Joe Henderson, Ron Carter, and Elvin Jones.Previous Merzbow produced Pulse Demon himselfNext Masonna's Noisextra is a wall of ultra-compressed vocal eruptions and electronic assault